Question

multiple-choice question which is the overriding plate along the peru-chile trench? pacific plate antarctic plate south american plate nazca plate rewatch tectonic plates north american plate juan de fuca plate eurasian plate philippine plate san andreas fault cocos plate pacific plate indian-australian plate south american plate nazca plate scotia plate antarctic plate sandwich plate mantle hot spot boundary divergent plate boundary (usually broken by transform faults along mid-ocean ridges) convergent plate boundary (subduction zone) complex or uncertain plate boundary overriding plate subducting plate

Explanation:

The Peru - Chile Trench is a subduction zone. In a subduction zone, one plate (the subducting plate) is forced beneath another (the overriding plate). The Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate along the Peru - Chile Trench. So, the South American Plate is the overriding plate.

Answer:

South American Plate